There’s been a lot of online banter about both Churchill and the Crusades. My main response is that it is amazing how many people want to judge history based on modern events and perspectives. We have seen this recently with the American founding, the Civil War, etc. And now with Churchill. Was Churchill an imperialist?…
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A Waste of Brainpower and Money
Americans spend more than $50 billion a year on space exploration. This includes not only money spent on rocket ships, space stations, and satellites, but also on scientists and researchers at universities and elsewhere. But a funny thing is happening. The more money we spend, the more most of the scientists find out they are…
Politicians Can’t Stop Spending Our Money
“Nor shall [a ruler] acquire for himself excessive silver and gold.” – Deuteronomy 17:17 Yesterday, the Texans for Fiscal Responsibility team, Andrew McVeigh, Vance Ginn, and myself, testified during the Texas Senate Finance Committee’s hearing of property taxes. I want to discuss some interesting points worth noting from the hearing. Before I get to the hearing, let me…
U.S. Federal Renewable Energy Subsidies are Driving the Energy Transition
“We have heard testimony … about the threat climate change poses to entire sectors of our economy … So, what are we, the federal government, doing to protect against these threats? Actually, we are subsidizing the danger. As we’ll hear today, the United States subsidizes the fossil fuel industry with taxpayer dollars.” – U.S. Senator…
Liberty Requires God-given Rights Exercised in Free Markets
“Many persons, having never viewed the subject (of liberty) in this light, charge us with excessive zeal, when they see us so warmly and earnestly contending for freedom of faith as to outward matters, in opposition to the tyranny of the Pope.” – John Calvin Most Americans these days are more worried about the tyranny of…
Kevin DeYoung, Douglas Wilson, and the Mizpah Mood
Healing the Moscow/Mizpah Divide Kevin DeYoung’s infamous coinage of the term “Moscow Mood” has highlighted significant concerns about the evangelical church today. DeYoung sought to warn Christians of the harmful “long-term spiritual effects of admiring and imitating” the “visceral” mood emanating from Christ Church, pastored by Douglas Wilson, in Moscow, Idaho. According to DeYoung, these harmful effects…
Developing a Biblical Understanding of Decentralization
The Conclusion of Our Series on Resisting Injustice. Be sure to check out Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3. For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him. – Colossians 1:16. As we have worked to…
Politicians Added $20 Billion to Texans’ Electricity Costs Last Year
Only a decade ago, Texas had the most competitive electricity market in the world, a market that produced reliable, affordable electricity. Today, the Texas electric grid has been taken over by Texas government. This has produced predictable results: reliability has plummeted while costs have skyrocketed. A new study by the Energy Alliance explains how high the costs…
Properly Defining the Role of Civil Rulers
Part Three in a Four-Part Series on Government Injustice “Hear the word of the LORD, O house of David! Thus says the LORD: ‘Execute justice in the morning, and deliver from the hand of the oppressor him who has been robbed, lest my wrath go forth like fire, and burn with none to quench it,…
Viewing Civil Relationships Through Covenantal Eyes
Part Two in a Four-Part Series on Government Injustice “Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever you had formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God.” – Psalm 90:2. In my previous article, I explored why many Christians are blind to government injustice. The primary reason is the church’s…